Chinese attitudes toward cleft lip and palate: Effects of personal contact

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 731-739

  Chan, R K K ^c   McPherson, Bradley ^a,b   Whitehill, T L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; Cleft lip and palate; Personal contact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINESE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; DISABLED PERSON; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DISABLED PERSONS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PARENTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33751243367     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/05-111     Document Type: Article

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